The Deadlands
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wishing everyone a very happy day ☃️
lots of good things to read
and joy
and bones 💀🫶
lots of good things to read
and joy
and bones 💀🫶
three skeletons are dancing in a cemetery .
Alt: three skeletons are dancing in a cemetery .
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
wishing everyone a very happy day ☃️
lots of good things to read
and joy
and bones 💀🫶
lots of good things to read
and joy
and bones 💀🫶
yes we are so excited to see you and have you and eat your bones...
uh, not that last 💀
just the excited part 🖤 we swear
and seriously, you'll get a copy of AFTERLIVES 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
uh, not that last 💀
just the excited part 🖤 we swear
and seriously, you'll get a copy of AFTERLIVES 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
yes we are so excited to see you and have you and eat your bones...
uh, not that last 💀
just the excited part 🖤 we swear
and seriously, you'll get a copy of AFTERLIVES 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
uh, not that last 💀
just the excited part 🖤 we swear
and seriously, you'll get a copy of AFTERLIVES 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤
www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
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Ancient bees built nests in mammal bones!
"... scans of the host bones show multi-generational use of the same cavity, suggesting repeated use and some degree of nest fidelity."
(paging @thedeadlands.com)
#science #biology #fossils
"... scans of the host bones show multi-generational use of the same cavity, suggesting repeated use and some degree of nest fidelity."
(paging @thedeadlands.com)
#science #biology #fossils
Trace fossils within mammal remains reveal novel bee nesting behaviour
Abstract. Bees (Anthophila) are well known for their species and remarkable behavioural diversity, ranging from solitary taxa that nest in burrows to eusoc
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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omg!!
Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso is up for best collection of poetry in the Philippine National Book Awards!!
and that collection includes "Time Skip" published in our issue 16! read the poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
or get the collection:
www.philippinebooks.com/products/jug...
Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso is up for best collection of poetry in the Philippine National Book Awards!!
and that collection includes "Time Skip" published in our issue 16! read the poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
or get the collection:
www.philippinebooks.com/products/jug...
Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso
About the book: Juggernaut is not for the faint-hearted. Its poems careen from surgical to surreal, attend to the comical and criminal, and dispense an unflinching diagnosis of all that ails the self,...
www.philippinebooks.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
omg!!
Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso is up for best collection of poetry in the Philippine National Book Awards!!
and that collection includes "Time Skip" published in our issue 16! read the poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
or get the collection:
www.philippinebooks.com/products/jug...
Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso is up for best collection of poetry in the Philippine National Book Awards!!
and that collection includes "Time Skip" published in our issue 16! read the poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
or get the collection:
www.philippinebooks.com/products/jug...
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Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern).
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
psychopomp.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern).
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
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Anyway! This seems like a good time to re-up my book that came out in February -- ONE MESSAGE REMAINS is a mini-collection with a brand-new novella and two new novelettes, plus one reprint, set in the same world!
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One Message Remains
Check out One Message Remains - <p>Pageantry, pomp, pretense, and peril-"The General's Turn," originally published in The Deadlands, drew readers into the dark world of a ceremony where Death herself ...
bookshop.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Anyway! This seems like a good time to re-up my book that came out in February -- ONE MESSAGE REMAINS is a mini-collection with a brand-new novella and two new novelettes, plus one reprint, set in the same world!
bookshop.org/p/books/one-...
bookshop.org/p/books/one-...
we skellies agree
SO GOOD
SO GOOD
we've had an amazing year of novellas here at skelly headquarters, and we love
love
LOVE
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get yourself, or someone you love, a little 🎁
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
love
LOVE
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get yourself, or someone you love, a little 🎁
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
we skellies agree
SO GOOD
SO GOOD
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Here's my story in @thedeadlands.com from @psychopomp.com from this year!
Mind the CWs. 💙📚
If you like their stuff, consider becoming a patron. They're constantly putting out amazing content!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Mind the CWs. 💙📚
If you like their stuff, consider becoming a patron. They're constantly putting out amazing content!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Twelve Deaths of You - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
SPRING 2025, SHORT STORY, 2700 WORDS Prefer to read this as an EPUB or PDF? Join our Patreon and instantly […]
psychopomp.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Here's my story in @thedeadlands.com from @psychopomp.com from this year!
Mind the CWs. 💙📚
If you like their stuff, consider becoming a patron. They're constantly putting out amazing content!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Mind the CWs. 💙📚
If you like their stuff, consider becoming a patron. They're constantly putting out amazing content!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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Hey folks, The Deadlands is not just a magazine I love reading, it's one I love working for. One of the great ways to keep it going is to join the Patreon. Join (or up your pledge!) before the end of the year to avoid the $1 price increase that starts January 1. www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey folks, The Deadlands is not just a magazine I love reading, it's one I love working for. One of the great ways to keep it going is to join the Patreon. Join (or up your pledge!) before the end of the year to avoid the $1 price increase that starts January 1. www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
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You can read my story in @thedeadlands.com - psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Highway 1, Past Hope - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
SPRING 2025, SHORT STORY, 3400 WORDS Prefer to read this as an EPUB or PDF? Join our Patreon and instantly […]
psychopomp.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You can read my story in @thedeadlands.com - psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
thank you so much @cypayseur.bsky.social!! ✨🖤💀
we are so proud of issue 40 and so grateful for the reviews 💞
we are so proud of issue 40 and so grateful for the reviews 💞
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
The Deadlands Fall 2025 (7 originals plus 4 poems) @thedeadlands.com
An issue full of some strange and moving portrayals of death, grief, monsters, and history. Lots to chew on here, with a consistent denseness and layering of meaning.
The Deadlands Fall 2025 (7 originals plus 4 poems) @thedeadlands.com
An issue full of some strange and moving portrayals of death, grief, monsters, and history. Lots to chew on here, with a consistent denseness and layering of meaning.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
thank you so much @cypayseur.bsky.social!! ✨🖤💀
we are so proud of issue 40 and so grateful for the reviews 💞
we are so proud of issue 40 and so grateful for the reviews 💞
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My other original short stories for the year:
"The Path She Sings" in @thedeadlands.com
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"The Path She Sings" in @thedeadlands.com
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Path She Sings - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
When the cold mist comes with its needle-fine teeth, you must lie very, very still. You must close your eyes […]
psychopomp.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My other original short stories for the year:
"The Path She Sings" in @thedeadlands.com
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"The Path She Sings" in @thedeadlands.com
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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I boosted my Patreon tier, because The Deadlands is cool as hell.
hello. bsky friends
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
deadlands updates + open for submissions!
exceptional-builder-4862.kit.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I boosted my Patreon tier, because The Deadlands is cool as hell.
hello. bsky friends
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
deadlands updates + open for submissions!
exceptional-builder-4862.kit.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
hello. bsky friends
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
we just published a newsletter about recent updates + news to our electronic mail friends and thought we'd post it here as well
in case you are interested in deadlands NEWS
link:
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you've been waiting
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Stories, 2024 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Afterlives The Year’s Best Death Fiction 2024 Curated by Sheree Renée Thomas While Psychopomp aims to publish all the death fiction, we cannot possibly, so we decided to round up the best death storie...
psychopomp.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
you've been waiting
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
and it's finally HERE!!
AFTERLIVES
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀
get your ebook here!
psychopomp.com/product/afte...
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I have no idea if these award eligibility posts actually DO anything other than lay bare the good and silly work I've been lucky to achieve in 2025. 11 short stories published (on top of finishing my first novel)! I'm very grateful to all the editors and publications who've given my words a go!
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have no idea if these award eligibility posts actually DO anything other than lay bare the good and silly work I've been lucky to achieve in 2025. 11 short stories published (on top of finishing my first novel)! I'm very grateful to all the editors and publications who've given my words a go!
join us?
💀
The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land,
(Ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride
so come on and sit here by my side
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFy...
💀
The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land,
(Ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride
so come on and sit here by my side
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFy...
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
join us?
💀
The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land,
(Ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride
so come on and sit here by my side
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFy...
💀
The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land,
(Ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride
so come on and sit here by my side
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFy...
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gifts are important, especially for YOURSELF!
and all of our titles are available digitally, so you can have an instant treat 🖤
here ⬇️
psychopomp.com/books/
and all of our titles are available digitally, so you can have an instant treat 🖤
here ⬇️
psychopomp.com/books/
The Entire Psychopomp Book Collection - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Looking for something to read? Check out our entire collection of books that we've published--from novellas to collections and more!
psychopomp.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
gifts are important, especially for YOURSELF!
and all of our titles are available digitally, so you can have an instant treat 🖤
here ⬇️
psychopomp.com/books/
and all of our titles are available digitally, so you can have an instant treat 🖤
here ⬇️
psychopomp.com/books/
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I'm so giddy - still - to be in this kind of company. The whole issue is lush and complicated. Find some time to sit with all these works, as a curated experience. You'll be glad you opened yourself that way.
good morning, beloveds 🖤
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Deadlands - Issue 40 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Malena Salazar Maciá, Belle Biscotti, Testimony Odey, Shana Ross, Erin Ulm, Matthew Wollin, Laila Amado, Jason Pearce, R.B. Lemberg, Kat Sed...
psychopomp.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm so giddy - still - to be in this kind of company. The whole issue is lush and complicated. Find some time to sit with all these works, as a curated experience. You'll be glad you opened yourself that way.
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good morning, beloveds 🖤
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Deadlands - Issue 40 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Malena Salazar Maciá, Belle Biscotti, Testimony Odey, Shana Ross, Erin Ulm, Matthew Wollin, Laila Amado, Jason Pearce, R.B. Lemberg, Kat Sed...
psychopomp.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
good morning, beloveds 🖤
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
good morning, beloveds 🖤
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Deadlands - Issue 40 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Malena Salazar Maciá, Belle Biscotti, Testimony Odey, Shana Ross, Erin Ulm, Matthew Wollin, Laila Amado, Jason Pearce, R.B. Lemberg, Kat Sed...
psychopomp.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
good morning, beloveds 🖤
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?
well, here it is!
fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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I want to be clear yet again: @thedeadlands.com is not looking for murder stories.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I want to be clear yet again: @thedeadlands.com is not looking for murder stories.
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catastrophe!
survival!
and the spaces death leaves behind 💀
we dearly ADORE this novella 🖤
get yours today: psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
survival!
and the spaces death leaves behind 💀
we dearly ADORE this novella 🖤
get yours today: psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by Josh Rountree - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Summer in the House of the Departed, by Josh Rountree
psychopomp.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
catastrophe!
survival!
and the spaces death leaves behind 💀
we dearly ADORE this novella 🖤
get yours today: psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
survival!
and the spaces death leaves behind 💀
we dearly ADORE this novella 🖤
get yours today: psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
🖤🖤🖤💀
@thedeadlands.com got 177 fiction submissions in 24 hours. This is 7.5 years of fiction at the rate we publish. Imagine if every submitter were also a patron—we would be funded. Prices increase in 2026, get the best rate now. www.patreon.com/the_deadlands
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December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole, a short story by @le-werner.bsky.social, published at @thedeadlands.com.
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another cadaver on the table. Another lot of spirits for a funeral.
psychopomp.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fractionated Doses Don’t Quench the Thirst of Those Who Knew the Whole, a short story by @le-werner.bsky.social, published at @thedeadlands.com.
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Along with Jana's, one of the most Brazilian-centered pieces I've read in English this year!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...